Thursday 24 February 2011

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Questions:

1• What street in Te Puna is the Tutereinga Marae ?

2• What do you do at a Powhiri?

3• What does Powhiri mean?

4• What does Hongi mean?

5• Who says the welcoming speech?

6• What do the caved panels mean?
7• What are their main art.

Answers:

1• The street Tutereinga Marae is on is Tangitu Rd, Te Puna, Tauranga.

2• At a Powhiri there is a welcoming, speeches and two or three waiatas.

3• Powhiri means a Maori ceremony of welcome to a Marae.

4• A hongi is when two noses and foreheads are pressed together at a Powhiri.

5• It is an elderly woman that says the welcoming speech.

6• The carved panels represent the local families and history.
7• Their main art is carving and weaving.

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Wednesday 9 March